Opinion Non-Crows AFL 4: The Centre Cannot Hold

[ams4crows]

"I've never seen anything so disgraceful in all my years of covering football." - Caro

We're in the clear boys!

Adelaide FC passing on the "media vendetta against the club" torch to the Bulldogs!

 

[Scorpus]

Let's say in the lead up to the GF, Bulldogs decided that Gardner would be dropped. They told him which was devastating. He took a few days, felt ashamed, like a loser. His dream taken away.

The Bulldogs felt like sh*t, but they had to make a call.

They gave him time. Support.

His parents, girlfriend, family were all excited to see him in a GF. Dogs knew they would be just as hurt, and had a careful plan to manage that, while still being able to focus on the big game.

Then someone dickhead leaked to Morris, who then tweeted it and followed with the lead story minutes later.

Then Gardner starts getting calls from mum & dad. "What the hell's going on, son?" Dogs are furious. They had a plan, and Morris f’ed it up. If he'd called, they'd say "yes, but give us 24 hours to deal with internally. Then you can have it". But they didn't get an opportunity.

Post-GF, Bevo rings Morris and says what happened above is pretty sh*t. Don't do it again you little turd.

Very next game. Very next opponent. Same exact ******* thing.

If that sort of thing is causing even a small problem, the club has massive issues to sort out

 

[GrommoT]

There's been a distinct lack of corn for this...

 

[Punchy Bassett]

Oh dear… someone has leaked a recording of our dearest Tom Morris talking about one of his female colleagues without knowing he’s being recorded..

Its just been put up in the thread on the beverage meltdown on the main board..

If it is genuine.. Tom might be in a spot of bother..

Holy shit, just heard it, if that's legitimately him, he's done.

 

[Crow till I die]

Let's say in the lead up to the GF, Bulldogs decided that Gardner would be dropped. They told him which was devastating. He took a few days, felt ashamed, like a loser. His dream taken away.

The Bulldogs felt like sh*t, but they had to make a call.

They gave him time. Support.

His parents, girlfriend, family were all excited to see him in a GF. Dogs knew they would be just as hurt, and had a careful plan to manage that, while still being able to focus on the big game.

Then someone dickhead leaked to Morris, who then tweeted it and followed with the lead story minutes later.

Then Gardner starts getting calls from mum & dad. "What the hell's going on, son?" Dogs are furious. They had a plan, and Morris f’ed it up. If he'd called, they'd say "yes, but give us 24 hours to deal with internally. Then you can have it". But they didn't get an opportunity.

Post-GF, Bevo rings Morris and says what happened above is pretty sh*t. Don't do it again you little turd.

Very next game. Very next opponent. Same exact ******* thing.

there is no doubt he was prepared to go at Morris, he just let himself down with the execution imo

But the good news is there is..for now..no link at all between this and the Adelaide Crows although I am not going to be shocked if in the reporting somehow we get dragged in.... somehow by those Vic Journo grubs

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

Holy sh*t, just heard it, if that's legitimately him, he's done.

Where the **** is the McLure and Kornes dirt though!!

 

[Scorpus]

Oh dear… someone has leaked a recording of our dearest Tom Morris talking about one of his female colleagues without knowing he’s being recorded..

Its just been put up in the thread on the beverage meltdown on the main board..

If it is genuine.. Tom might be in a spot of bother..

If Bevo shoots himself in the foot by acting like an absolute spanner on national TV, and then Morris shoots himself in the foot by having made inappropriate comments on camera... that would be a great outcome

Self owns on both sides and a 1-1 win for everyone

 

[Crow-eater]

Here it is if you can't be bothered finding it on the main board

 

[GameofSloanes]

Speaking on this point specifically, the Crows camp story is exactly what happens when AFL reporters are too scared of tackling bigger issues.

This was a relatively minor incident, but because of the vacuum of bigger stories, it suddenly became one of the biggest stories of the year. That's what the AFL wants. They want small stories to fill up all the space (ideally targeted at the clubs) so that no one ever examines the AFL or critically analyses anything. It's all stuff like "a few players were upset in the off season"

Now imagine if instead of the media talking about the Crows camp for the last four years, they explored why AFL fans consistently say umpiring is the biggest issue in the AFL year after year in the AFL's own surveys. Or if they looked into clubs that people suspect of salary cap cheating, like Geelong and previously Collingwood. Where was the full investigation and breakdown of why Collingwood needed to ditch several players over alleged (or potential) cap breaches?

What about the allegations surrounding ex-CEO Andrew Demetriou and money laundering/other behaviour at Crown Resorts? And possibly a full investigation into his dealings at the AFL? What about Geelong suspiciously being fined for salary cap cheating with no explanation? What about the umpiring in the 2016 grand final? What about the extremely dodgy deal to extend the MCG grand final contract? What about an exploration of why and how an AFL tribunal acquitted Essendon of drug cheating only for them to be banned by WADA?

There are real stories there. Plenty of them. The AFL would never let those stories be told. Instead they want a minor off-season camp issue to dominate the news.

Excellent post, and exactly the problem

 

[GROTTO]

Tom Morris needs to ask the first question at the next Bevo post match presser

This takes me to back in the day to when they trolled Malthouse when he was at Carlton.

By the way congrats on being a Mod on here.

 

[ams4crows]

Omg the Tom Morris audio is insane!!! Loss of job for sure! If the AFL don't they'll have a bigger issues on hand

 

[GROTTO]

Holy sh*t, just heard it, if that's legitimately him, he's done.

Glory be, it didnt take long for karma to hit him in the arse.

 

[Crow till I die]

Omg the Tom Morris audio is insane!!! Loss of job for sure! If the AFL don't they'll have a bigger issues on hand

Any chance Bevo might flag that one up (the Tom Morris audio) with the AFL..just to kick the little twerp (Morris) in the nuts on his way out of the AFL

 

[Punchy Bassett]

Holy shit there's more: News - Tom Morris: Leaked audio of Tom Morris objectifying female staff at 'Foxfooty ' mysteriously appears on the internet.

 

[GROTTO]

Oh dear… someone has leaked a recording of our dearest Tom Morris talking about one of his female colleagues without knowing he’s being recorded..

Its just been put up in the thread on the beverage meltdown on the main board..

If it is genuine.. Tom might be in a spot of bother..

Its interesting from a legal perspective, I dont think they can sack for a comment said in private that was recorded without his knowledge.

 

[ams4crows]

It's spreading over Twitter like wild fire, Tminus 40 minutes until everyone has seen it

 

[Punchy Bassett]

Its interesting from a legal perspective, I dont think they can sack for a comment said in private that was recorded without his knowledge.

But the AFL could and should take away his accredatation.

 

[Punchy Bassett]

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What about now? How things change quickly!

 

[GROTTO]

But the AFL could and should take away his accredatation.

Its a tricky issue from a legal perspective. A private conversation recorded.

 

[Scorpus]

How long until we see some suspicious leave of absenses

 

[Crow-eater]

Oh Christ there's another recording.

News - Tom Morris sacked!: Leaked audio of Tom Morris objectifying female staff at 'Foxfooty' mysteriously appears on the internet. PLUS 2nd nasty video.

Posted today at 2.30pm thankyou ThePhreshOne for posting it first on the Bevo thread. Distasteful comments about women and lesbians from Tom Morris. Should he be sacked? Audio starts after about 5 seconds. Edit: Also see post #6 on this thread for more offensive racist comments from Morris...

www.bigfooty.com

 

[ams4crows]

The second one is Racist, homophobic and Misogynistic all at the same time!! He's done for, career over confirmed

 

[spenze]

I dont like Bevo but really applaud his willingness and guts to stand up to the media. Quite a number of times on and off the field I wished someone at our club would do the same

What do you mean, remember when...

I'm glad we don't anymore

 

[Peter Doherty]

Sounds like your typical cricket w***er.

 

[GROTTO]

The second one is Racist, homophobic and Misogynistic all at the same time!! He's done for, career over confirmed

Correct.

The second one is worse.

Career ending.